Originally Posted by txa1265
But, similar to Half-Life 2, it seems to get a total pass in terms of *real* criticism of flaws. Much of the consternation here is related to seeing the exact same thing get praised in Oblivion reviews and slammed elsewhere (and not just G3 reviews).

True - but for the record there are many things I dislike about Oblivion (scaling, random content, lack of a truely hand crafted world) but I still kept playing for over 100 hours and pretty much loved it warts and all. Is it an RPG? Yes, no, maybe… does it matter?